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- Pender Litigation Welcomes New Principals
Pender Litigation is delighted to announce that Stephanie Dickson, Frances Mahon and Meghan Forhan have become Principals of the firm. Stephanie and Frances have been practicing with Pender Litigation for some years, and Meghan has recently moved over from another criminal defence firm, where she wa … Read more »
- Language Rights
Section 530 Language RightsAn accused person has a right to an English, French, or in some cases, a bilingual trial, which includes a preliminary inquiry or a sentencing hearing. This right is set out in section 530 of the Criminal Code (Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46) Section 530) (“Section 5 … Read more »
- The Right to Counsel
The right to counsel as provided in s. 10(b) of the Charter is of critical importance. The right to the effective assistance of counsel, which is promoted by section 10(b), is also viewed as one of the principles of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter. There are many aspects to the ri … Read more »
- Adult witnesses testifying to allegations from when they were children
After a brief hiatus we are back with case summaries. In this post we take a look at a recent Ontario Court of Appeal (R. v. D.D., 2022 ONCA 786) decision which addresses the principles applicable to an assessment of the evidence of an adult witness testifying to events which allegedly occurred when … Read more »
- Failure to Call Evidence Leads to Adverse Inference Against the Accused
Our latest Canlii Connects case summary considers a case from the Manitoba Court of Appeal (R. v. McLean, 2022 MBCA 60) where an accused was faulted for not calling evidence to corroborate his version of events. The case provides a nice example of when an accused can have their failure to call evide … Read more »